Ship Hulks to be Eliminated as Gambling Barges
The United States coast guard began a drive to remove ship hulks used as fishing or gambling barges along the California coast. Captain D F A De Otte said hulks threaten navigation and risk sinking with loss of life. A gambling barge Montfalcone, towed in two months ago, has again planted off Long Beach. a coast guard cutter will inspect its life saving equipment to determine if it can remain undisturbed.
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United States Coast Guard
California
D. F. A. de Otte
Montfalcone
Long Beach
de Otto
Coast Guard
Last Rites Held For Jacob A Garehime
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Jacob A. Garehime, 73, who died Saturday at his son's home in Las Vegas. The body will be sent to Denver for burial Wednesday morning. Garehime came from Denver six months ago and leaves three daughters and one son there, a daughter in Des Moines and a son in Las Vegas. Reverend Reynolds conducted the service at Palm Funeral Home.
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Tenth
Stewart Streets
Denver
Garehime
Las Vegas
Des Moines
Town
Reynolds
Methodist Church
Palm Funeral Home
Personal items head to and from Las Vegas
Carl Ray arrives in Las Vegas from Los Angeles while Dr. F. M. Ferguson is in Los Angeles on business. Miss Orpha Miller plans to return to Las Vegas from the Virgin Valley. Harley A. Harmon and his son arrive in Las Vegas after Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. Mrs. Harley A. Harmon plans to return later this week. Dr. H. C. Vander Muelen, formerly of Los Angeles, arrives in Las Vegas to join Union Pacific hospital. Mrs. Viola Burns and daughter return from Los Angeles, as do Mrs. L. J. Bartell and Miss Marjorie and Miss Ethel Cory. Frank McNamee returns from a brief Los Angeles visit. Carl Ray returns to Las Vegas from Hollywood. J. P. King is expected back from San Diego.
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Carl Ray
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
F. M. Ferguson
Orpha Miller
Virgin Valley
Harley A. Harmon
Harley
H. C. Vander Muelen
Union Pacific Hospital
L. J. Bartell
Marjorie
Ethel Cory
They Took Gas For Granted When They Stole Grant's Car
PAWNEE Okla Dec 2 UP Tom Vernon 44 ex convict and actor in Western thrillers confessed here tonight he wrecked a Southern Pacific train at Saugus California November 10 and robbed its passengers according to Deputy Sheriff Thom Higgins who trailed the prisoner here from the West Vernon denied he had committed the second robbery which occurred Under similar circumstances in Wyoming Higgins said the prisoner expressed willingness to face the charge in California without formal extradition but said he would fight against being removed to Wyoming Vernon has served time in Pennsylvania Ohio and three terms in California on theft and forgery charges He had been released from Folsom prison a few weeks before the California train robbery Higgins said Vernon believed his parents were Jim Averill and Cattle Kate who were lynched in Wyoming 40 years ago allegedly for cattle rustling
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Pawnee
Okla
Tom Vernon
Southern Pacific
Saugus
California
Pasengers
Thom Higgins
Vernon
Wyoming
Higgins
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Folsom
Jim Averill
Kate
Western Union Office Opens 24 Hours in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Western Union office began 24 hour service after installing a new repeating system and two Simplex-Duplex machines. Manager Charles E. Lipton announced staff including Elizabeth Nickels and Beatrice Fulcher, with operators trained for high speed messaging. The unit uses nine motor generators and aims to handle up to 200,000 people, with Morse kept only for emergencies.
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Las Vegas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Charles E. Lipton
Gilmer
J. T. Carll
O. C. Cooper
Elizabeth Nickels
Beatrice Fulcher
Mary Stockburger
Wilford Blier
Elsmore Forbes
Howard Walden
Evan Wasden
J. E. Sjineback
Union Pacific
Sono-Art advances era of independent Hollywood
Hollywood reports Sono-Art, under Duane Hend, signs and promotes new stars like Reginald Denny and Ruth Roland. Denny stays in Hollywood for Sono-Art, to star in The Dark Chapter. Ruth Roland, a serial favorite and among Hollywood’s wealthiest, will headline Reno. Sono-Art’s rise began with The Rainbow Man and Eddie Dowling, now backing Blaze o’ Glory with Betty Compson. Jose Bohr and Mona Rico join signings. Lincoln Quarberg, former LA newsman, becomes producer after Street Corners, which boosted Birdwell to direct Fox talkies. cast includes Walthall, Derelys Perdue, Lease, O’Leary, Swickard, Cannon, Gorin, Colvin, Parker, and McClary.
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Hollywood
Reginald Denny
Universal
Sono-Ar
Denny
England
Sono-Art
JF. J. Rath
Ruth Roland
Sono- Art
Screen Colony
Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Lincoln Quarberg
Los Angeles
Patsy O'Leary
Josef Swickard
Roger Cannon
Owen Gorin
Billy Colvin
Franklin Parker
Clyde McClary
Lockers Installed at Las Vegas Country Club
Las Vegas Country Club adds steel lockers for members to store items at the clubhouse. Golf interest rises with Sunday use, per Eugene Ham, golf instructor. Water mains are in, lawns soon to be planted, and about 60 members are enrolled. Club meetings occur bi monthly at Dr. W. Park’s residence with a large autumn gathering planned. A rustic gateway marks the three mile drive to the Los Angeles highway property.
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Las Vegas Country Club
Eugene Ham
W. 8. Park
Decrees Granted in Two Divorce Cases in Arizona
Mery Crucilla Trull was granted a divorce from Ervin Pay Trull on cruelty grounds. They wed in Yuma in 1919. Thelma Virginia Kramer obtained a divorce from Sherman Kramer yetersday due to the defendant's failure to provide. Roeland H. Wiley, for the late Richard Busteed, represented the plaintiffs in both cases.
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Mery Crucilla Trull
Ervin Pay Trull
Yuma
Thelma Virginia Kramer
Sherman Kramer Yetersday
Roeland H. Wiley
Richard Busteed
Marriage Licenses and Company Relay Station Report
Marriage licenses listed for Daval Hester Dille Hill Meulen St John Genel an Wallace Herrin Sparrow. The article notes four San Francisco company officials visiting Los Angeles division, and Simplex machines operated by Elizabeth Nichols with Terre Hauls ties.
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Harley __ Dille Bartlett
Ohio
Edna Madge Hill
Inglewood
California
Meulen
ST. John
Herma Ce. Vander Meulen
Clara St. John
Los Angeles
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Wm. P. Genelan
San Bernardino
Emma Wallace
Canton
Herrin—Sparrow
Perry Herrin
Lillie M. Sparrow
Salt Lake
San Francisco
G. F. Hohenschield
J. E. Stineback
F.B. Hubbard
R. W. Kemp
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